Plateau Systems Expands European Presence

<p><b>Arlington, Va. &mdash; Feb. 16</b><br/>Continuing to build on its momentum throughout Europe, Plateau Systems, a provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent, has added strategic partners in Austria, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, increasing its worldwide consulting and reseller partnerships to 15. </p><p>Plateau has experienced significant growth internationally over the last 12 months with global enterprise customers selecting Plateau&rsquo;s solutions to increase workforce productivity and performance. </p> <p>In Germany and Austria, Plateau has partnered with LearnChamp, a consulting and technology services firm that provides specialized learning and collaboration solutions designed to meet the unique talent management requirements of enterprise customers. </p><p>With significant expertise and experience and a proven record of success in delivering enterprisewide, best-of-breed talent management solutions, LearnChamp will focus on delivering Plateau&rsquo;s talent management solutions and applications to meet the specific training, performance management and communications needs of its customer bases.</p> <p>&ldquo;By partnering with Plateau, we are pleased to be able to provide companies in this region with a comprehensive, highly scalable, best-of-breed solution that can be expanded and easily adapted to meet their specific talent management requirements,&rdquo; said Michael Repnik, LearnChamp co-founder and managing director. &ldquo;As a premier provider of talent management services and solutions in Austria and Germany, LearnChamp is focused on delivering best-of-breed solutions that encompass a wide range of talent management issues, including learning, performance management and enterprise collaboration.&nbsp; </p><p>&quot;With Plateau&rsquo;s solutions, we are well positioned to meet increased customer demand for integrated talent management solutions that increase employee and corporate performance and productivity.&rdquo;</p> <p>In Spain, Plateau is partnering with Ingenia, a solutions and services provider with an extensive catalog of e-learning solutions. </p><p>Plateau also has signed Crealogix in Switzerland to provide strategy and implementation services for Plateau&rsquo;s Learning and Performance Management System.&nbsp; </p><p>These organizations join existing Plateau partners, EDUTECH in the Middle East and India, and Scandinavian reseller LearningWell. &nbsp;</p> <p>Plateau provides powerful and adaptable enterprise class software and services with the ability to integrate performance, learning, and career and succession planning. </p><p>Organizations can increase workforce performance and expedite goal achievement by delivering targeted learning based on performance and career plans and automatically linking performance scores and promotion-readiness ratings to succession planning.</p> <p>&ldquo;Over the past year, Plateau has seen steady growth and an increase in demand for comprehensive talent management solutions across EMEA,&rdquo; said Paul Sparta, Plateau chairman and CEO. &ldquo;To address this growing demand, we are pleased to be engaging with leading reseller partners to deliver the industry&rsquo;s most comprehensive integrated talent management solution. </p><p>&quot;Crealogix, Ingenia and LearnChamp have each demonstrated an excellent understanding of the critical business needs of their respective markets, and display strong technical skills, keen industry and regional awareness and solid experience. The loyal customer base and market presence of these partners also complements our plans for further developing Plateau&rsquo;s presence throughout this region.&rdquo; </p>